The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-05
STATE CAPITAL CRAYONs.
The Naval Stores Bill Introduced-Bar
Association ProceedinRs.

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Association Proceedings.
| ATLANTA, Aug. THE naval stores bill
was introduced in the Senate to-day by Mr..
Brantley, the same as sent to the NEWS
except section 5, which is stricken out, and
TO go into effect in December instead of
January Mr. Brantley thinks the bill will
he generally satisfactory TO all parties.
The Judiciary Committee of the Senate this
afternoon decided on an adverse report on
! the Brady bill 10y vote OF 10 4.
! A large delegation is in the city tonight
of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
and Fircmen, in opposition to the bill to re-
quire engineers TO take ont license and the
| bill in regard to color blindness applying to
engineers and liremen. The former bill viii
| be withdrawn tomorrow, and the prospect
of the passage of the color blindness bill is
| considered extremely poor.
THE BAR ASSOCIATION.
| The Bar Association adjourned this after
noon. Judge Erwin read the report of the
| Committee on Jurisprudence and Law Re
| form The committee recommended the
enactment Of the two statutes proposed by
the American Bar Association, one TO pre-
| vent fraudulent divorces and one relating
to acknowledgements of instruments affecting
| real estate The committee endorsed Judge
Clarkc's paper on the Appellate Courts, and
an act to be drafted therefrom They also
recommended law to make deeds, mort
cages and liens of all kinds operative
| against third parties from the time
they are filed in the Clerks
office. On the subject of 'Punishment
of Fraud, and reaching the property Of
debtor concealed from creditors. The com
mittee recommended two acts. One ''to pro-
vide for the more complete examination OF
witnesses and one ito provide for supple
mentary proceedings against Judgment
| debtors and others
r. s. Lanier, of Macon, read an able pa
per on ''Usury Laws as Affecting Securities
| for Debt"
PUBLIC SENTIMENT
| He showed now public sentiment on the
subject of usury had progressed from the
time when the taking of any sum of money
| whatever for the use of money until the
present time. Usury, as now defined, is the
collection of more than the legal rate OF in
terest He attacked vigorously the princi-
pie of the law that would work
| the forfeiture Of the whole
debt. The remission of excessive
interest he held to be sufficient. He attacked
the decision in the case Of Breach vs. Kelly,
| where it was held that n mortgage could
not be foreciosed, because it was usuriOus
contract. He held that In cases
There dot mortgage s,cus was pstes security WaTs
charged and the debtor sought to set aside
the contract on that ground, he should be
| required at least to bring to Court the
money for which the mortgage was secu-
rity, which was the property of the mort
gage before he asked that the contract be
declared void.
DISCUSSED AT LENGTH.
This point he discussed at some length,
and maintained that in this case there was
the same equity for the creditors that there
was in the Byrd case, which had been pre-
viously decided by the court i'll favor of the
creditors.
e. w. Palmer read paper on "Restric-
tions of Evidence"
| Judge Hammond read the report of the
| Committee on Legal Proceedings. IT, G..
duBignon, p J.. Mynatt and z. w. Mel
drim were appointed as delegates to the
American Bar Association. The visiting
members were rendered a complimentary
breakfast Mt the Kimball House this morn
ing by Hoke Smith.
THE PENTTENTIARY COMMITTEE.
The Penitentiary Investigating Commit
tee met this afternoon. Capt. W. d. Grant,
in responding 20 the resolution of the COM
mittee, produced all the original papers per-
tanning to the sale of his interest in the
lease and the indemnifying bond. Messrs.
Towers and Lowe gave the opinion that I'M
der the bill pending four wardens would be
required ut an estimated cost to the State
of s., 600 annually. The committee expect
to finish Saturday.
The Governor issued an order to-day dis
charging Simon and Minerva Block, i'll the
penitentiary from Decatur county for
burglary, new trial having been granted
and they were allowed TO pl ad guilty to
larceny from the house and sentenced to
two months and ten days
A stranger named W. D. Ferguson tried
TO board construction train at Braswell,
on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Geor-
| gia railroad, to-day, when he fell under the
cars, the wheels crushing both legs SO badly
that they were amputated by DR.. Il. H.
Adair. of Rockmart, the man dying under
| the knife.